http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2666

           Summary: forward reference hell!
           Product: D
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla@digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: someanon@yahoo.com


$ cat vector.d #----------------------------------------------------- module vector;

class Vector(E) {
  E[] data;
}

$ cat student.d #----------------------------------------------------- module student;

import vector;
import teacher;

// define Student
class Student {
  void ask(Teacher teacher) {
  }
}

// define Students
alias Vector!(Student) Students;

$ cat teacher.d #----------------------------------------------------- module teacher;

import student;

class Teacher {
  Students students;
}

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$ dmd -c student.d
teacher.d(6): Error: forward reference to 'Vector!(Student)'
teacher.d(6): Error: Students is used as a type
teacher.d(6): variable teacher.Teacher.students voids have no value

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sure I know if I do:
$ dmd -c vector.d  teacher.d student.d
all the three files can be compiled without error.

But my question is: why can't file be individually compiled?

I think I have the most natural/logical organization of files; if you move the 'Students' alias around, it could get compiled, but what's wrong with my current organization?


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------- Comment #1 from someanon@yahoo.com  2009-02-14 19:16 -------
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Lukasz Wrzosek <luk.wrzosek@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |luk.wrzosek@gmail.com
         Resolution|                            |FIXED


--- Comment #2 from Lukasz Wrzosek <luk.wrzosek@gmail.com> 2012-02-15 04:12:19 PST ---
Fixed in: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/a7e086246fa84279a5e16ed39c9b3f015057544a



commit a7e086246fa84279a5e16ed39c9b3f015057544a
Author: Walter Bright <walter@digitalmars.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 9 04:30:47 2010 +0000

    bugzilla 4503 forward reference to aliased template instance

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